Judith

#788 for girls in 2025, 344 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1940 · 22,385 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
454,714
since 1880

Judith over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #4, 1940girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#788344
2024#830329
2023#897298
2022#880316
2021#953275
2020#907289
2019#823331
2018#835324
2017#845322
2016#887317
2015#928293
2014#954281
2013#994252
2012#897293
2011#831318
2010#873304
2009#766371
2008#715416
2007#654453
2006#579506
2005#546526
2004#538530
2003#629427
2002#586442
2001#574447
2000#611415
1999#523487
1998#547455
1997#504489
1996#508471
1995#505486
1994#506489
1993#443563#8,7005
1992#468528#7,4226
1991#452561#5,9428
1990#453545
1989#469515#4,81110
1988#439518#6,4266
1987#425526#4,23910
1986#414532#4,13010
1985#408551
1984#386568#4,5528
1983#367614#4,9077
1982#339708#4,5938
1981#350668#6,2625
1980#386597
1979#370611
1978#345629
1977#333707#4,5827
1976#308746
1975#284852
1974#282892
1973#2501,012#3,6948
1972#2201,262#3,9637
1971#2061,452#4,3756
1970#1931,669#2,50914
1969#1572,073#2,86110
1968#1402,294#2,31113
1967#1302,663#2,61110
1966#1103,215#2,7849
1965#1023,580#2,61710
1964#984,190#2,04016
1963#914,743#2,67310
1962#865,183#2,36412
1961#835,690#2,70610
1960#746,149#2,04216
1959#706,566#1,80620
1958#627,102#2,8189
1957#538,024#1,58325
1956#459,115#1,82119
1955#3110,436#1,68221
1954#3011,195#1,70620
1953#3011,969#1,70920
1952#2514,064#1,58223
1951#2514,935#1,59822
1950#2115,352#1,74618
1949#1617,610#1,50124
1948#1517,787#1,37828
1947#1221,996#1,15939
1946#1022,310#85659
1945#920,192#81758
1944#922,431#77465
1943#725,214#67789
1942#724,792#74075
1941#623,320#64091
1940#422,385#67082
1939#816,625#68575
1938#1210,878#97742
1937#346,146#1,09435
1936#434,580#2,06212
1935#543,872#2,7198
1934#942,459#2,9737
1933#1191,869#3,2686
1932#1441,433
1931#1671,098
1930#202944#3,0228
1929#242659
1928#251641
1927#265622
1926#260651
1925#285555
1924#315450
1923#299461
1922#321412
1921#351351
1920#341370
1919#372303
1918#356331
1917#381280
1916#359295
1915#380254
1914#414164
1913#423137
1912#431118
1911#41495
1910#49567
1909#48858
1908#51150
1907#48953
1906#54941
1905#56438
1904#53738
1903#56533
1902#49041
1901#64524
1900#44956
1899#49835
1898#46544
1897#47037
1896#46738
1895#52032
1894#47535
1893#53527
1892#55425
1891#48328
1890#55822
1889#54322
1888#63616
1887#51219
1886#60614
1885#57614
1884#46319
1883#49915
1882#6788
1881#53910
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Judith was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Judith
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#830#788)
  • 119 spots since 2020 (#907#788)
  • 140 spots since 2015 (#928#788)
  • Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1881 (#836#539)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1901 (#449#645)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1940 at #4 (22,385 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1939–1946
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1934–1964
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 51
  • Highest: 1 in 51 girls born in 1940 were named Judith (2.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,672 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 48.0% of all girls named Judith (218,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s142#463 (1884)#589
1890s323#465 (1898)#503
1900s432#449 (1900)#529
1910s2,044#356 (1918)#403
1920s5,172#242 (1929)#293
1930s49,904#8 (1939)#88
1940s218,037#4 (1940)#10
1950s108,758#21 (1950)#39
1960s39,780#74 (1960)#107
1970s9,832#193 (1970)#279
1980s5,797#339 (1982)#398
1990s5,074#443 (1993)#491
2000s4,533#538 (2004)#620
2010s3,035#823 (2019)#887
2020s1,851#788 (2025)#876

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Judith in 1936

girls
#43
4,580 births · 1 in 227 girls
boys
#2,062
12 births · 1 in 86,434 boys

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #43Judith4,580

Top boys' names in 1936

  1. #1Robert58,500
  2. #2James54,694
  3. #3John47,683
  4. #4William39,398
  5. #5Richard33,494
  6. #6Charles29,101
  7. #7Donald28,639
  8. #8Thomas18,342
  9. #9George18,197
  10. #10David17,476
  11. #2,062Judith12
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 227 of them was named Judith, which outranked 99.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judith
  1. #40Mildred5,051
  2. #41Geraldine4,864
  3. #42Jane4,719
  4. #43Judith4,580
  5. #44Catherine4,537
  6. #45Annie4,529
  7. #46Louise4,355
Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 86,434 of them was named Judith, which outranked 48.9% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judith
  1. #1,964Wilhelm13
  2. #1,964Wilma13
  3. #1,964Yvonne13
  4. #2,062Judith12
  5. #2,062Ace12
  6. #2,062Alfonse12
  7. #2,062Almond12
  8. #2,184Acy11
  9. #2,184Adrien11
  10. #2,184Adron11

Tied with 121 names at #2,062; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 802Errol#1,708#906
  2. 644Sergio#1,584#940
  3. 601Brice#1,494#893
  4. 537Windell#1,390#853
  5. 529Kim#1,390#861
Fallers
  1. 1,082Stafford#980#2,062
  2. 889Darwyn#750#1,639
  3. 461Hunter#956#1,417
  4. 399Orvil#844#1,243
  5. 370Rosendo#956#1,326

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1936